A snapshot of links shared on my Twitter account @WinObs for today
- Watch workers scale the Space Needle, transform Seattle landmark for New Year’s fireworks show
- Broken promises and unfulfilled dreams The biggest tech flops of 2017
- The Woman Who Smashed Codes Your new winter reading assignment
- The Cloud in 2017 Amazon Web Services shows no signs of slowing during the year of Kubernetes
- Year in pictures The eclipse, Bertha’s breakthrough, Bill Gates plays tennis, Amazon’s growth and more
- New York Times delivers one last gift to Windows users Goodbye New York Times app on Windows Phone
- Do we need a tech boom for the elderly
- How a Star Trek card game quietly continues, 10 years after its official end
- How quantum computers will speed up the breaking of public-key cryptography and how post-quantum cryptography researchers are trying counter that threat (Joshua HoldenNautilus)
- PC Gamers, Give Left-Handed “Gamepads” a Try
- Calculate Pi to measure processor performance
- M78 Wide Field
- @WinObs Tweeted Links for December 29, 2017
- Amazon's Alexa everywhere strategy is winning the smart speaker battle and Apple's delayed and high-priced HomePod may not be able to compete (M.G. Siegler500ish Words)
- External Users trying to accept the invitation get an error message “That Didn’t Work”
- As Seattle’s bike-sharing pilot concludes, here’s what 2018 has in store for the neon newcomers
- This Week On Xbox December 29, 2017
- Save the Date and Register Now for Microsoft 365 DevDays!
- Our 2017 Geeks of the Week offer their best tips and tricks for managing everyday work and life
- How scientists are expanding the spectrum for SETI and the search for alien life
- Geeks Give Back Thanks to you, we raised $1.1M to support STEM students in Washington state
- Does a lower “total cost of ownership” boost electric car sales
- Seattle Public Library retiring SPL Mobile app in favor of newer responsive website
- Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs raises new fund to bankroll more companies
- Flying Tigers Shadows Over China Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One
- Inside look at Yahoo’s fantasy football platform How tech supports traffic spikes and live scoring
- Winx Club Alfea Butterflix Adventures Is Now Available For Xbox One
- Digerati Couch Co-Op Bundle Vol. 1 Is Now Available For Xbox One
- The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing III Is Now Available For Xbox One
- Seagate’s Multi Actuator Technology to Address HDD IOPS Woes
- Year in Search The most fantastic fads of 2017
- iFixit matches Apple's $29 battery swap deal, adds older iPhones, as well